Approved Tech SE-140 Tactical Shield Enhancer

[Coren Starchaser]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION​

Intent: To create an advanced shielding system for use on light shuttles and larger sized ships
Image Source: N/A
Canon Link: N/A
Restricted Missions: N/A
Primary Source: Eve Online – Adaptive Invulnerability Field

PRODUCTION INFORMATION​

Manufacturer: Starchaser Enterprises
Model: SE-140 Tactical Shield Enhancer
Affiliation: Open Market
Modularity: Is a Module
Production: Minor
Material: Shield system components

SPECIAL FEATURES​

Provides specific point source shield enhancement

Strengths:
• Adaptive Shield Strengthener can adjust what type of shielding is used
• Able to be moved along a larger shield system, to enhance protection in a specific area
Weaknesses:
• Must be calibrated for specific protection
• Will reduce that shield section’s protection to other damage types (I.E. if EM protection is added, kinetic will become weaker)
• Controlled either by a computer system or person, requires special training/programming
• Adds power drain from

DESCRIPTION​

The SE-140 Tactical Shield Module is the first step of Starchaser Enterprises entering the larger starship modification business. The SE-140 is a shield module that is controlled, either manually or by a virtual intelligence to help mitigate damage to a ship’s shield screen. The SE-140 is designed to assist in enhancing and hardening shields, providing enhanced protection. This module is controlled to change its status, from projectile to energy to explosive protection and enhances a section of shield. As it is controlled, it can only be as good as the person or system controlling it, however, it can only be used to enhance a shield against one damage type at a time.

The shield types offered by this Strengthener focuses around the major damage dealing weapons including kinetic damage, heat damage, and electromagnetic damage, to help mitigate rail gun projectiles, laser fire, and masers.

 

[Arken Lussk]

Under Review.

 

[Arken Lussk]

Adaptive Shield Strengthener can adjust what type of shielding is used

Give me a brief list of the types of shielding this is capable of. Once that's done, I can stamp this approved. Thanks!

 

[Coren Starchaser]

Made an edit to the description.

[member="Arken Lussk"]

 

[Arken Lussk]

Awesome. Pending Secondary Approval. Thanks! [member="Jamie Pyne"]

 

[Hailyn]

• Will reduce that shield section’s protection

I'm a little confused by this, could you clarify this weakness?

 

[Coren Starchaser]

Edited to (hopefully) clarifiy.

Basically if you use this to bolster for EM support, your shields would focus almost entirely on mitigating EM damage to the sacrifice of other damage.

[member="Nadja Keto"]

 

[Hailyn]

[member="Coren Starchaser"]
If I were to relate this to the Resistances field in an armor submission, or the defense field in a starship submission I guess, would this be a heightened rating (like rather than, say, Moderate defenses/shields overall, it becomes High against that one singular damage type) or more than just a single incremental increase to the shields?

 

[Coren Starchaser]

So, its a tactical enhancer. What would happen in game mechanics is if you turn it on, you would bolster (or raise, I guess) the shield resistances against a particular damage would rise up but the shield overall strength would remain the same, just more focused. So a shield that has a moderate rating would keep a moderate rating, but during a battle, if the ship is getting hit by lasers, then the operator could boost the shield 0 overall to +1 against lasers and -1 against bullets

[member="Nadja Keto"]

 

[Hailyn]

<p>Approved.</p>